Wings for Aid – which designed a cardboard box filled with humanitarian aid that can be safely dropped from an aircraft – is in a “growth market”, said general manager Barry Koperberg. Climate change will increase humanitarian crises around the world, he said.   But which ind...

Thank you, thank you, thank you all! In a nutshell, we have learnt lessons. We have sometimes been right, sometimes been wrong, but as Logistic-News publisher, Alex Lennane, put it to me today: “Premium has gone from strength to strength in its first year. While not always liking what they read, th...

The possibility of goods being delayed or even halted at the UK-EU border has also led to estimates of significant financial losses for importing and exporting businesses alike. While such claims may seem sensationalist, many now see stockpiling as a reasonable insurance policy against disruption in...

Locating capacity, either accepting a set rate or bidding on a rate, tracking the freight in real time and for drivers, receiving payment in an acceptable time period are all the basis of digital freight marketplaces and apps that have emerged over the years. Indeed, the trucking industry, which del...

However, new and more up-to-date data on the market is showing confusion. Rates and volumes are low – although the latest news on September, from WorldACD, is that the cargo load factor dropped 4 percentage points year on year, but increased by 2 percentage points on Augu...

With the prospect of Chinese Golden Week and the new International Maritime Organization 2020 sulphur cap looming large over the market, rates have been reluctant to rise. Thrown into the mix, of course, are the same geopolitical issues that continue to dog the market on key tradelanes – ongoing t...

Those that have not installed sulphur scrubbers must pass on the higher cost of fuel compliant with the low-sulphur requirement of IMO 2020, or consider incremental slow steaming to reduce bunker bills. The results of research MSI suggests slowing the fleet by as little as one knot would, in theory,...

DSV’s Kurt Larsen, who stood down as chairman at yesterday’s annual general meeting to begin a well-earned retirement, is testament to that rule; he really was a class act. On a personal level, he was one of the most open senior executives a journalist could hope to interview, with an almost unp...

There has been quite some noise over the ban, in part because one of the companies involved was Flexport Asia, the forwarder everyone loves to hate. There have been various and potentially damaging remarks over the ‘incident’, despite the details not being made public.   But&...

The bottom line? Businesses need to get their goods in hand without breaking the bank before the holiday shopping season begins. As shippers prepare to weather another busy peak season, an agile, technology-enabled supply chain is critical to keep freight moving smoothly and customers satisfied. A c...